Police cars should be easy to recognize and project authority. They need an interesting, cool design that makes them stand out. Here are ten departments that really missed the mark with their cruisers.

10.) Tennessee State Troopers

Apart from being very beige, Tennessee State Troopers also have to deal with the questions surrounding that break in the line at the back.

8.) Aspen Police

I'm not sure if I'd pull over had the police in Aspen tried to stop me, simply because I don't think I would have recognized it as a police vehicle had I not seen images of Aspen police vehicles beforehand.

Why would you want your police cars to be so anonymous that you just colour them grey, which I'll add is a colour that is not so indistinguishable from silver, the most common colour on cars in the US?

5.) Halton Regional Police

I work as a designer, and sent the Toronto Police Service a scathing email when their new "swoosh" motif first rolled out, because i thought it was really weak and a poor reflection of the job the police service does. It was designed internally and voted on by the members. Yeah. Like police know anything about design or branding.

1.) Maryland State Police

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